senate

1.

approval of agenda

moved that the agenda be approved.

2.

approval of minutes

minutes of senate meeting #2-2012 held on february 17, 2012

moved that the minutes of senate meeting #2-2012 of february 17, 2012 be approved.

3.

business arising from the minutes

4.

reports of standing committees on proposed calendar changes

4.1

senate undergraduate studies committee report (dr. wayne melville)

moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report be accepted.

4.2

senate budget committee report (dr. todd randall)

moved that the senate budget committee report be accepted.

4.3

senate academic committee report (dr. gillian siddall)

moved that the senate academic committee report part 1 be accepted.

5.

approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. wayne melville)

moved that the following undergraduate calendar changes be approved:

faculty of business administration

• change in admission requirements for h.b. comm & badmin. program (2012-2013)

faculty of science & environmental studies

· faculty of science & environmental studies regulations change (2012-2013)

· update to accommodate mathematics changes and revise upper level mathematics electives in computer science programs (2012-2013)

· update to co-op regulations for computer science (2012-2013)

· update math requirements for the ba/bed/p/j, j/i, and i/s programs (2012-2013)

faculty of education

· reducing the requirement for teachables at the senior level from 1.0 fce to 0.5 fce (2012-2013)

· change the condition of a 65% minimum major average for proceeding into the professional year of a concurrent bachelor education program to a 60% (2012-2013)

· religious education, specialist be created and calendared as educ 4769

faculty of natural resources management

· corrections to existing calendar fore2051 and fore3131 (2012-2013)

· corrections to existing calendar list of electives for hbem conservation planning management stream (2012-2013)

faculty of engineering

· replace engi 2151 with an equivalent science/engineering course engi 3335 and add a lab component (2012-2013)

· addition of elective engi 0670 (2012-2013)

· remove engi 3337 from 3rd year fall term of chemical engineering and replace with engi 3333 process safety (2012-2013)

· change math course grouping for minimum average requirements (2012-2013)

faculty of interdisciplinary studies (orillia)

· a new area c requirement that all honours english 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 & hbasc english majors complete at least 1 fce courses in this area (2012-2013)

faculty of social sciences & humanities

· reduce hba music degree requirements (2012-2013)

· add new 3rd year half course, gender in contemporary social life, sociology 3550 & women's studies 3350(2012-2013)

6.

approval of graduate calendar changes (dr. philip hicks)

moved that the following graduate calendar changes be approved:

faculty of health & behavioural sciences

· new program seeking approval: master of health sciences (mhsc) (2012-2013)

faculty of business administration

· change in admission requirement to mba program of faculty of business administration by removing statistics course requirement (2012-2013)

faculty of social sciences & humanities

· change in calendar wording of collaborative masters program

to correspond with home unit change (2012-2013)

7.

senate undergraduate scholarships & bursaries committee (dr. craig mackinnon)

7.1

moved that the senate undergraduate scholarships & bursaries committee terms of reference be referred to the senate organization committee

7.2

moved that the senate undergraduate scholarships & bursaries committee report be accepted.

8.

academic plan (2012-2017) (dr. gillian siddall)

8.1

moved that senate approve the academic plan (2012- 2017)

http://academicplan.lakeheadu.ca/.

8.2

moved that the senate academic committee report part 2 be accepted.

9.

ad hoc committee report (dr. mark gallagher)

9.1

moved that the academic policy: "adjunct professor" be approved.

9.2

moved that the ad hoc committee report be accepted.

10.

senate research ethics board (dr. chander shahi)

(for information - terms of reference for research ethics board approved by board of governors january 27, 2012)

10.1

moved that senate approve dissolving the senate research ethics board effective march 31^st, 2012

10.2

moved that the senate rescind the research policy: "ethics procedures and guidelines for research involving humans"

10.3

moved that the proposed changes pertaining to the research ethics board to the senate by-laws be approved

11.

approval of adjunct professors

moved that the following adjunct professor for the faculty of engineering be approved:

·dr. adil aladresse be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the department of civil engineering for the term july 1, 2012 through june 30, 2016.

items for information

12.

vice president (administration & finance) search committee (ms. karen roche)

prof. gerald phillips has been appointed to the vice president (administration & finance) search committee as the faculty senator.

13.

cou academic colleague report (dr. tony bauer)

• summary report. drummond commission: recommendations and cou positioning (posted online only)

14.

president's report (dr. brian stevenson)

15.

report of the provost & vice-president (academic) (dr. rod hanley)

16.

report of nosm (dr. william mccready)

17.

ogimaawin aboriginal governance council (dr. sandra wolf)

18.

report of the senate representative to the board of governors (dr. carney matheson)

19.

in-camera session

moved that the senate temporarily adjourn to enter an in-camera session to consider an honorary degree recipient.